Convertible garment



E. M. SHAFRAN CONVERTIBLE GARMENT Filed April 7, 1923 April 14, 1925.

ATTORNEY NITN ESS:

Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

, 53 2 Z tries.

EDWARD M. snarnan, or snowman, new roan.

CONVERTIBLE GARMENT.

Application filed. p il #2, 15.123. semi. a. 630,626.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. SHAFRAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Convertible Garments, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to convertible gar ments. 7

Some of the objects of the present invention are: to produce an article of apparel having means by virtue of which the article may be worn as a coat or as an overall, and when worn as the former having the usual front, back, sleeves and long skirt. and when worn as the latter having the utility of the front, back and the sleeves mentioned as a jacket with the skirt and the means carried thereby as pants; to produce a convertible garment to be worn as a coat or overall with novel means for forming pants closed completely along their inner seams as formed and which are formed with overlapping portions; to convert a coat into an overall by virtue of substantially V-shaped pieces arranged in pairs, one piece of each pair being at the front and the other piece being at the back, each piece being attached along one of its edges and carrying fastening elements along another of its edges, the pieces of each pair thus being capable of separable connection for the pant forming and separating operations. Vi ith these and other objects in view the invention resides in the particular provision, relative disposition and functions of the parts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figures 1 and 2 are front and rear views respectively of the garment as a coat.

Figure 3 is a view of the garment with the front portions thereof turned back to show the pant-forming pieces thereon and the pant-forming piece on the back portions of the garment.

Figure 4 is a front view of the garment as an overall.

Figure 5 is a front view of the garment as an overall with a display of the pantforming pieces. 7

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view showing the application of one of the V-shaped pieces to the rear portion of the garment.

Figure 7 is a similar view of one of the V-shaped pieces of the front portions of the garmentv same into an overall will be The present invention contemplates the production of a new article of manufacture in the nature of a garment which will embody means by virtue of which the garment may be worn as a coat or as an overall. It will therefore be understood that in mak ing the article of the present invention parts will be cut and be put together to make a coat, such as the coat 10 shown in Figures 1 and 2. The coat 10 will comprise as is usual front portions 11, 11, back portions 12, 12, a neck 13, sleeves 14, 14, front skirt portions 15, 15, and back skirt portions 16, 16 by reason of the vent 17. The front portions 12, 12, may have the usual pockets 18. The garment as a coat now having been described, the means for converting the presently described. I

Substantially V-shaped pieces 19 are arranged on the back skirt portions 14, 14 at the vent 17. Each piece 19 has long side edges which converge to a point and a base end 20 cut at two different angles. Each piece 19 has fastener elements 21 along one long edge thereof, a fastener element 22 and a fastener element 23 at the base end 20. One piece 19 is attached in any preferred manner along one long edge thereof to one of the back skirt portions 14 as at 24. In the present instance the piece is sewed leaving the other long edge having the fastener elements 21 free. The base end 20 will also be free. Substantially V-shaped pieces 25 are arranged on the front skirt portions 15, 15 at the edges thereof and lengthwise. Each piece 25 has long side edges which con verge to a point and abase end 26 cut at an angle. Each piece 25 has fastener elements 27 along one long edge thereof, a fastener element 28 and a fastener element 29 at the base end 26. One piece is attached in any preferred manner along one long edge thereof to one of the front skirt portions 15 as at 30. In the present instance the piece is sewed leaving the. other long edge free. The base end 26 will also, be free. The other piece 25 is similarly attached to the other front skirt portion 15. Each back skirt portion 14 has a fastener element 31 and each front skirt portion 15 has a fastener element 32.

When the garment is worn as a coat each piece 19 is held to its back skirt portion 14 by the coaction of the fastener elements 22 and 31 respectively on the piece 19 and portion 14 whereageaoh piece 25 is held to its front sl rirt p'ortion 15'by the c'oaction of the fastener elements 28 and 32 respectively on the piece and the portion 15.

When the garment is to be Worn as an overall one piece 19 is connected to one. piece 25 by the coaction of the fastener elements 21 and 27 respectively on the pieces 19 and 25 to form a pant such as the pant 33 with a seam running lengthwise of overlapping portions, and the others connected together by the coaction of the fastener elements'embodied thereby in asimilar manner. Each pair of the pieces 19 and 25 as thus far connected together are further connected to= getlier by the coaction of the fasteners 23' on the pieces 19. in overlapping crotch forming relation to complete the pants fol-ming operation.

It is to be understood that the article may be made of anypreferred material such as denim or khaki or the like and that the front portions 11 11, will be provided respectively with buttons and button-holes,

From the foregoing it will be manifest that there has been described an article of apparel which is especially useful for motorists to be worn while riding as a coat, and

to be Worn when the occasion arises, such as when repairs llO'thB vehicle are tobe; made, as an overall; and that when the garment is convertedfrom the coat style to the overall style it'w-ill' bean overall in the strict sense of the, word.

hat I claim is:

In a newarticle of manufacture, a coat having front parts and back sections, elongated substantially V.-shapeol piecesattached to the front parts alongtheir lower portions and being vertically attached along one of its long edges to the vertical marginal edgesof the parts, elongated substantially V-shaped pieces attached to eaeh of said back sections along: their lower por-tions'and beingvertically attached along one of its long edges to the vertical marginal edges of the sections fasteningmeans carried by the free edges of the pieces on the back sections; fastening means carriedby the free edge of each of the pieces on the front parts and coacting with the fastening means on the back sections for the-obtainment of askirt or trouser leg portions for the article:

In testimony whereof- I hereby affix my signature. a. EDWVABD M. SHAFRAN. 

